I just launched my new Digital Painting Course and I could not be more excited.

New students have been signing up every day and we are already having a BLAST!

I haven’t worked THIS hard in probably six years. I can’t even begin to describe how much this project put my focus and skills to the test. But it’s alive now and everyone is very pleased with the results.

One of the things that kept me sane during the most challenging times was…

Well, He-Man.

…his villains, anyway.

I started a series of “Toony” He-Man villains and although “Toony Trapjaw” is my favorite, this Skeletor is a close second.

I just launched my new Digital Painting Course and I could not be more excited.

New students have been signing up every day and we are already having a BLAST!

I haven’t worked THIS hard in probably six years. I can’t even begin to describe how much this project put my focus and skills to the test. But it’s alive now and everyone is very pleased with the results.

One of the things that kept me sane during the most challenging times was…

Well, He-Man.

…his villains, anyway.

I started a series of “Toony” He-Man villains and this one is my favorite.

I also have a Skeletor I’m proud of. I’ll post that soon.

I have a Beast Man too but that one still needs work.

I hope you like this goofy approach to Trapjaw.

What IS it about this character?

I love him so much!

For almost three years, I’ve been gushing about my friend Ryan Carlson’s breathtaking art direction for Disney’s Planes.

Finally, you get an inspiring glimpse at what I’ve been talking about.

I hope to God you get to see his color script at some point. It is a sight to behold.

Some of my work is visible in the trailer. Blink and you’ll miss it.

I did the VisDev painting and some design work for the pink plane on the wooden balcony (trying to avoid spoilers so I’m being vague in my description). I also designed the outfits that the Mariachi musicians who are serenading her.

You get a couple glimpses of a british plane whose design represents probably a month of my life (maybe more). I painted about three different versions of this character. In the final version, he’s blue & brushed metal and he has the Union Jack printed on his fuselage.

I’ll talk more about what I did on the movie after it gets released. I’ll post my concept work and some of my less-sexy but often-requested orthographics and diagrams.

Until then, enjoy this gorgeous trailer.

If you get the chance, I also highly recommend working for Ryan Carlson. He’s one of the most talented artists I’ve ever met. He’s a dear friend and he completely changed my life.

Wow. My buddy Jason Brubaker just posted an AMAZING video about “The Million Dollar Idea.”

It’s short, snappy, extremely well-executed and thus super-shareable.

Highly recommended!

I’ve been working 10-12 hour days, non-stop on my upcoming Digital Painting Workshop: [ CLICK HERE ]

…but I’ve been getting a ton of ideas for sketches and concept paintings lately. …so I took half a day off yesterday just to sketch.

I kinda liked this TrapJaw quickie so I thought I’d share.

If you like this, you might also like my Skeletor painting from a couple years ago.

Jim Henson brings a dead puppet to life right before your eyes.

Mind-blowing.

Took a bajillion photos. I’ll post them ASAP.

It’s time.

Spot-on caricatured likenesses of Jon Stewart & Regis Philbin by C.F. Payne.

These likenesses are so effective because C.F. captured the essence of their personalities in the facial expressions and poses.

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Long before iPhoto, hard drives and cloud storage, I collected published illustrations ripped from magazines and newspapers.

I’ve been scanning and sharing my collection here on Tumblr and on Pinterest.

I call this my “Great Illustrators Archive.”

Great caricatures of famous directors by C.F. Payne.

Also, Groucho Marx and Mark McGwire. (Sorry the bottom two are so low-res. They were super-small when I scanned them.)

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Long before iPhoto, hard drives and cloud storage, I collected published illustrations ripped from magazines and newspapers.

I’ve been scanning and sharing my collection here on Tumblr and on Pinterest.

I call this my “Great Illustrators Archive.”